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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, a series of interconnected short stories set during the Vietnam War. O’Brien was drafted to fight in Vietnam when he was in his early 20s, and he has written extensively about the conflict in both fiction and nonfiction pieces. In
The Things They Carried, he tries to make sense of his and his comrades’ experiences during the war, which have an enduring effect on them and are never fully understood by those at home. As well as
The Things They Carried, O’Brien is known for his novel
Going After Cacciato and the autobiographical account
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home.
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